“I know it is not easy. I know we have to begin again each day. I know the struggle is real. But we are not alone in the battle. The Lord Himself, who gave the philosophy, is within us to enable us to achieve success. And Our Lord is not
There are the Nine Promises from Our Lord to those who practice Devotion to the Holy Face. These promises were collated in the 1880s by the original propagators of the Devotion. The first two are promises given to Saint Gertrude and Saint Mechtilde and the remaining seven were given by
“Teach us to give and not count the cost. ” St. Ignatius de Loyola I am the only girl out of four brothers. I am the third oldest. I came from a divorced, dysfunctional family. At the age of 14, I told the school nurse that I would not live
The unprecedented terrorist attack on America on September 11, 2001, and the credible reports that Islamic terrorists have acquired nuclear bombs as well as biological and chemical weapons, brings immediately to mind Our Lady of Fatima’s warning: (see insert about Fatima) If Russia is not consecrated to Her Immaculate Heart
Providential Meeting Pope John Paul meets with his would be assassin in prison on December 27, 1983. The Pope on May 13, 1981 had been saved from the poisoned deadly bullet, through Our Lady of Fatima’s protection. In truly providential circumstances, Mr. Agca was also saved from certain death from
Blessed Abbot Marmion points out that when we are members of the Mystical Body of Christ, he explains, we are truly part of His Body and there are certain possessions of His that become ours.The Fruits of the Redemption of our Lord’s Passion and Death become ours.The Life of Sanctifying
“Judas, if true love never ceases, how could you, my friend, have come to this? To sell me for 30 pieces of silver, betray me with a kiss? Judas, remember what I taught you. Do not despair while hanging on that rope. It’s because you’ve sinned that I have sought
The thief on the cross, this man, after a lifetime of evil, who must have emptied many pockets as he broke many hearts, here he is being given Heaven in a moment by the grand and noble gesture by the God whose name is Love. Remember that same love and
The Little Flower, that extraordinary French girl who died in a convent and Normandy at the age of 24, tells us that if she had not become a saint – become a Nun, rather – she would have become one of the great sinners of the world. She knew Him.
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